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Chapter 5 – Suspicions

When Julia woke up that morning, she didn't want to go out of her bed. She realised she didn't want to see Hwoarang. She was confused, embarrassed and afraid. A few minutes later she understood that she was being an idiot. That wasn't her fault, it was Hwoarang's. He was the one who had started that, so there was nothing to be ashamed of.

Julia got dressed and took her breakfast with the others. After that her mother announced that she was going shopping.

Julia decided to stay and she went to the library to read a book. Her father was a very intelligent man and he loved to read. Julia was like him.

In the meanwhile Hwoarang found Eijiro in the garden, talking to one of the employees. When the girl saw him, she immediately left.

-'So…you found yourself a girlfriend too, huh?'

-'Nah…we were just talking! What about you?'

-'What?'

-'When will we leave? I mean I like it here…I have a nice room, food and company, but this is becoming boring!'

-'I know…I just…I need to figure out what I want to do!'

-'Well…that's obvious, isn't it? You want to seduce a girl until she gives in…'

-'Yes…but I think that's not the best thing to do right now.'

-'Why not?'

-'I passed the line last night. She hates me!'

-'Oh God…what did you do?'

-'I…kissed her again and things got out of control…'

-'Did you do it…?'

-'NO…she hit me first! I guess I deserved it!'

-'So, you're sorry?'

-'I guess so. She didn't deserve that!'

-'Do you want to leave?'

-'I don't know…'

-'You need to clear up your mind, don't you?'

-'Yes, I do.'

Hwoarang left quietly. Eijiro was right; he needed to make up his mind. He went upstairs and he found Julia reading. He took a deep breath and walked in the library to say sorry for his behaviour in the previous night.

-'Hey…are you busy?'-he asked in a friendly voice.

Julia's heart jumped suddenly and her face turned red.

-'I'm reading…'

-'I can see that, but we need to talk.'

-'Why?'

-'Because…there are things I want to say.'

Hwoarang sat down next to her and she immediately got up.

-'I'm not going to try anything, alright?'

-'How can I trust you after last night?'

-´Don't make this harder for me, ok?'

-'Harder for you? You must be joking?'

-'Look…just let me speak ok? I'm not used to apologise often…'

-'You're unbelievable…you forced me into a kiss and God knows what more you had in mind, and you say it's being hard for you?'

-'It wasn't like that! You wanted it too!'

-'He did what?'-Jin's voice asked suddenly.

-'What do you want?'-Hwoarang asked rudely.

-'You forced her to kiss you? You bastard…you'll pay for this!'-Jin didn't waste any more time and punched Hwoarang in the face. Hwoarang's eyebrow started bleeding and he shot back throwing a high kick. Jin hit hard against a book shelf and the books started to fall on the floor.

-'Jin stop!'-Julia cried out.-'Please!'

But at that time, Hwoarang and Jin were so wrapped in their fight that they couldn't hear her.

-'So you can fight, huh?'-Hwoarang said with a smirk.

-'You bet, you asshole! I'm going to kill you!'

-'You're jealous…because she wants me and not you!'

-'No, she doesn't! You're playing with her feelings and you don't deserve her!'

-'Fuck you, pretty boy!'

Jin held Hwoarang's arm and threw him against the wall and that's when Steve arrived and hold him down.

Hwoarang was going to hit Jin but Julia stepped in the middle and held his arm.

-'Enough!'-she yelled.

Hwoarang left to his room without saying a word. He hated to be interrupted in a fight.

-'What the hell happened?'-Steve asked letting Jin go.

-'You shouldn't have done that!'-Julia said facing Jin.

-'I'm sorry but I couldn't stop myself and he deserved it! I mean, who the hell he thinks he is?'

-'He was trying to apologise!'

-'How can you still defend him after what he did?'-Jin asked amazed.

-'I can defend myself! You know that! I don't need protection!'

-'But I heard you saying that he forced you to…'

-'It's hard to explain…but you shouldn't have hit him!'

-'I was trying to protect you!'

-'I told you that I don't want protection!'

Jin looked at her and realised that she was right. She didn't want protection, at least not from Hwoarang, she was already too deep and he couldn't do anything to convince her to stay away from that red hair jerk.

-'Damn it!'-Jin said when Julia left towards Hwoarang's room.-'She's going to get hurt!'

Steve looked at him with a narrow look and shrugged.

-'I think she's a big girl…she can take care of herself…as for me, I'm happy to know that she likes Hwoarang.'

-'Well…I wouldn't bother if he was a decent guy…'

-'Just leave it…they can sort things out!'

Julia entered Hwoarang's room without even knocking. She didn't know why she was so worried about him.

-'Are you alright?'-she asked. Hwoarang was sitting down on his bed and he looked at her. He was pressing his wound with his right hand to prevent the blood to fall on the floor.

-'What do you want?'

-'I want to check if you're ok…'

-'I'm fine…I just got beaten up by your fucking boyfriend…that's all!'

Julia sat down besides him and took his hand out of his wound.

-'It's bleeding a lot…'

She went to the bathroom and prepared the things to take care of him.

-'Why are you doing this?'-Hwoarang asked.-'Shouldn't you be with Jinny?'

-'Are you jealous?'

-'No!'

-'Then shut up and let me treat you!'

-'I can take care of myself! I'm used to this!'

Julia looked at him with a questioning face.

-'How come?'-she asked.-'Being a rich boy like you I don't thing you are beaten up often…'

-'Yeah…but I'm used to pain!'-Hwoarang said quickly.

-'Well…this was all my fault, so I guess this is the least I can do…'

Hwoarang stood still while she was taking care of his wound.

-'It wasn't your fault.'-he said when she finished.

-'I shouldn't have told that.'

-'Why not? It's the truth! I shouldn't have treated you like that…I don't know what happened…'

-'You're actually trying to apologise, aren't you?'-Julia asked with a smile.

-'I guess I am…but I don't mind if you tell your parents!'

-'I won't!'

-'Why?'

-'Because I know it won't happen again!'

-'How can you be so sure?'

-'I can't be sure…I guess I'll have to trust you…but the truth is that I…'

Julia got closer to him. She understood that she didn't want him to leave.

Hwoarang couldn't believe that she was finally giving in.

Suddenly Eijiro walked in Hwoarang's bedroom and Julia blushed.

-'I didn't know you were busy.'-Eijiro said in Korean.

-'I better go!'-Julia said leaving.

-'So? I heard the blonde guy say that you and the Japanese guy had been fighting!'-Eijiro said.

-'Yeah…he attacked me!'

-'Why?'

-'Because she likes me.'-Hwoarang said with a smirk.-'She gave in after two kisses and an apology…girls are so predictable!'

Julia had a strange dream that night, so she woke up late in the morning. She had dreamed about the first and only time she had met Yon Kwan. She was in a very expansive hotel with her parents in Utah. Her father had businesses to attend there and by coincidence, Yon's father was also staying in the same hotel. She was about seven so Yon was about eight years old.

Julia had broken an expansive object in her bedroom in the hotel and she had said to her parents that it had been her sister. She had lied on purpose and she couldn't forgive herself for that. Her sister wasn't speaking to her and she had been crying. That was when Yon had found her. She told him the truth and Yon smiled.

-'Even when things are going all wrong for us, we have to hope for better days!'-Yon said.

-'But my family hates me because I'm a liar!'

-'No, they don't…they are just disappointed. But you can put things right…'

-'How?'

-'Say sorry…it's the best way!'

-'Say sorry?'

-'Admit that you shouldn't have lied and you'll see that they forgive you! When I grow up and I mess up things really bad…I'll always say sorry. No matter how hard it is to apologise, I'll say sorry…'

Julia sat down on her bed and thought about that dream. Yon Kwan was a very responsible kid for his age and he had told her that he would say sorry because it was the right way to apologise. On the contrary Hwoarang had said that he wasn't used to apologise. That was weird. People change when they grow up, but not like that. After becoming friends, Yon's father used to write to Lao Chang, saying that his son was too soft, too naïve and his character wasn't appropriate to someone who was going to inherit a huge fortune. According to his words, Yon was a quiet young man, who liked to read and study. Hwoarang was not like that at all. He was dynamic and always ready for a confrontation, plus he didn't seem to be very interested in studying. The question was: could Yon and Hwoarang be two different people?

Julia decided to check that out as soon as she had a chance.

When she left her bedroom, she asked one of her maids if Hwoarang was in his room. Since he wasn't, Julia decided to go and check his things. She was looking for something that would tell his true identity.

In the meanwhile Hwoarang was outside with Eijiro.

-'So…are things going alright?'-Eijiro asked.

-'Yeah.'

-'And what are you waiting for?'

-'What do you mean?'

-'Sleep with her so we can leave this house!'

-'Things are not that easy.'

-'They're not? I thought you had everything under control!'

-'And I do…but I can't just force her…'

-'Why not?'

-'Because…'

-'You're just coming up with excuses because you have to protect your ego, isn't it?'

-'No…don't be stupid!'

-'You like her! I can't believe this! You wanted to stay here because you're falling for this girl!'

-'Shut up!'

-'Oh man…you have to think very carefully what you're doing! Besides, you better be careful because they will find out that you're just a liar!'

-'I'm always careful…'

-'Then why is someone in your bedroom?'-Eijiro pointed up to his window where they saw Julia's shadow.

-'Shit! I have my passport in there…'

-'You better go there!'

Hwoarang left immediately. When he entered his room, Julia was searching for something under the bed.

-'Hey…look no further…I'm right here!'

-'Hi…I was just…looking for my earring.'-Julia lied.

-'Earring?'

-'I must've dropped it…the other day…'-she lied.

-'I didn't notice you were wearing earrings that day!'

-'And I didn't know that you notice everything I wear!'

-'Now you know! Anyway…I didn't find any earring!'

-'Ok…if you find it…'

-'Did you come here just to search for your earring?'

-'Yes…'

-'Because we need to talk…'

-'Sure, but we can talk later, I need to help my mum, because my father will be back soon.'

-'Really?'

-'Yeah, today or maybe tomorrow!'

Julia took a few steps back and left. Hwoarang sighed when he saw that she hadn't been opening his bag. Everything was in its right place.

After lunch, Steve decided to make Hwoarang some company. So they exited the house.

-'I guess I was wrong!'-Steve said.

-'About what?'

-'About Jin Kazama and Julia. It seems that she doesn't like him like I thought she did.'

-'Are you interested in her?'

-'That's a good question…she's very pretty, but I'm totally against these ceremonial treaties. Our parents use us like we're objects to sell.'

-'Is that a yes or a no?'

-'It's a maybe…but to be honest, I preferred if I could choose for myself! Besides I don't think she likes me. I think she likes you.'

-'What about Jinny boy?'

-'I spoke with Jin the other day…he said he's waiting for Lao to arrive; I think he'll leave soon.'

-'He's leaving? Jinny boy?'

-'Yes. I think there's a girl waiting for him back in Japan. He told me she's really beautiful and that he's only here because his grandfather forced him to come. It seems that Julia and Jin are only friends.'

-'Good…By the way why do you leave your room every night after mid night, Steve?'-Hwoarang asked all of the sudden.

-'You noticed?'

-'Yep.'

-'Well, I'll tell you later, ok?'

Steve left, he was obviously hiding something, but Hwoarang already knew.

Heihachi Mishima had sent one of his secretaries with his grandson to control him and to be sure that Jin wasn't going to refuse Julia's proposal. He was sure that Julia was going to choose Jin. What Heihachi didn't know was that Miharu Hirano was one of Ling's best friends and she was there to make sure that Jin and Julia were only friends, besides, at the moment she couldn't care less for what Jin was doing. She had confirmed that Jin and Julia didn't feel anything more than friendship for each other, and she had met Steve Fox.

Hwoarang had seen Steve and Miharu together but he had never told anyone, besides, that wasn't his problem and this way Steve wouldn't be in the race anymore. As soon as Jin left, Hwoarang could claim his victory, but there were still some things to solve.